Fastener



June 18, 1957 D. ROBINSON FASTENER Filed Jan. 21, 1955 INVENTOR D4140 Poe/Nam United States Patent FASTENER David Robinson, Union City, N. J., assignor to Ormond Tool and Manufacturing Company, Union City, N. J., a copartnership Application January 21, 1955, Serial No. 483,338

3 Claims. (Cl. 24-81) Clip fasteners of the type heretofore employed suffered from the disadvantage that they did not securely hold to the article of clothing to which they were attached. For example, when a prior clip fastener, having a bow tie applied thereto, was attached to a collar of a shirt, movement of the wearers head and neck caused the clip fastener to slip off to the discomfiture of the wearer. Many attempts have been made to increase the gripping action of the clip fasteners. However, not only were the resulting clip fasteners of bulky and inexpensive construction, but some also employed sharp prongs which tended to rip undesirable holes in the fabric of the collar. It is, accordingly an important object of this invention to provide an improved clip fastener which will be free from the above disadvantages and which will be especially simple in construction and inexpensive in cost.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an improved clip fastener construction which is more easily attached to the shirt collar or other article of clothing thus avoiding undue wrinkling and disarrangement thereof.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved clip fastener which when aifixed to the shirt collar or other article of clothing will remain firmly and securely in position without damage to the fabric of the collar or clothing.

Other objects of this invention, together with certain details of construction and combinations of parts, will appear from the following detailed description and will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of the clip fastener of this invention assembled with the fabric of a bow tie which is partly removed,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the clip fastener shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is also a side elevational view of the clip fastener of Fig. 1 with parts shown in cross-section,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the clip fastener of Fig. l without bow tie fabric thereon and with a part broken away,

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view, on enlarged scale, taken on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

While the clip fastener of this invention may be employed to hold the ends of a shirt collar together under a four-in-hand tie knot, it is shown in the drawing a a bow tie clip fastener, i. e. a clip fastener having fabric assembled thereon in the form of a bow tie.

Referring now to the drawing, and particularly Figs. 1 to 5, for a detailed description of this invention, reference numeral 11 indicates a two-ended support member or frame having an arcuate portion 12 substantially centrally thereof. Integral with the frame 11 at the arcuate portion thereof are parallel wings 13 which are bent away from the lateral edges of the frame into parallel position. Each of said wings 13 have extensions 14 having apertures 15 therein for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The wings 13 are each provided intermediate the ends thereof with an car 16, which ears are bent toward each other and form a support for a leaf spring 17 which has a U-shaped portion 18 which is in line with but spaced from the arcuate portion 12 of frame 11.

The free ends of the leaf spring 17 are bent substantially at right angles to the place of the leaf spring as 'shown at 19. The bent ends 19 may be given several configurations for the purpose of engaging the shirt collar or other article of wearing apparel as will appear below.

Extending along each of the ends 21 of the frame 11 is an arm 22, between which and the corresponding frame end 21 the shirt collar is held when the device is in operative position. The arms 22 are each bent at one end thereof to form cam lugs 23 which are adapted to travel over the bearing surface 24 of spring 17. The cam lugs 23 are provided with integral pintles 25 which have bearings in the apertures 15 of the wing extensions 14.

Intermediate the longitudinal edges of each arm 22 there is provided a longitudinal rib 26. The free end of each arm is widened and provided with a plurality of openings 27 which are for the purpose of receiving the stitches which secures the fabric 28 of the bow tie to the clip fastener after the fabric is wrapped around the latter. As is well known, the fabric constituting the bow tie is sewn to the arms 22 in such a manner that the stitching is on the inner wings of the bow tie whereby the outer wings are not marred.

When it is desired to attach the bow tie to a shirt collar, the bow tie is positioned so that the shirt collar is between the bent ends 19 and the arms 22 which are open as shown at A in Fig. 3, for example. To lock the bow tie in position on the shirt collar the open arms 22 are pressed toward the frame ends 21. The cam lugs 23 of the arms move over the bearing surfaces 24 of leaf springs 17 depressing the bearing surfaces and when the clip fastener is in locked position the cam lugs will be on the opposite sides of the fulcrum points of the arms 22. In locked position, the free ends of cam lugs are acted upon by the leaf spring 17 with a pressure suflicient to prevent accidental turning of the arms 22 to open the latter.

When the bow tie is attached to the shirt collar, a portion of the fabric of the bow tie is pressed against the fabric of the shirt collar. While this fabric against fabric creates a certain amount of friction to prevent the clip fastened bow tie from moving on the shirt collar or slipping completely off the shirt collar, it has been found that the fabric-to-fabric contact is not sufficient for the desired purpose. To this end, the spring ends 19 and the arms 22 have been structurally modified to firmly and securely hold the fabric therebetween to prevent positively any relative movement between the clip fastened bow tie and the shirt collar. Thus, in Fig. 5, the spring end 19 is shown cut out at 29, the cut out portion 29 cooperating with the rib 26 to hold the fabric of the shirt collar and bow tie therebetween firmly and securely.

The embodiments of the invention above described in connection with the showing in drawing is to be regarded as illustrative only since the invention is susceptible of variation, modification and change within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A clip fastener for attachment to the fabric of an article of clothing, comprising a frame having wings thereon, arms rotatably carried by said wings, a longi tudinal rib on each of said arms, and a leaf spring hav- Patented June 18, 1957' ingblunt free ends bent at an angle to the body thereof, said blunt bent ends having a cutout-portion therein, each cut out portion having a shape conforming to the crosssectional shape of said rib for cooperating with said rib for 'finrily and securely holding the fabric therebetween when-said arms are rotated into operative position.

2. Aclip fastener for attachment to the fabric-of an article of -clothing, comprising a frame having wings thereon, a pair-of arms, having cam lugs, rotatably carried by said wings, a longitudinal rib on each :of said arms, and -a leaf spring having blunt free ends bent at an angle to the body thereof, said blunt bent ends having a cut out'portion therein, each-cut out portion having a shape conforming to -the:.cross-sectional shape of said rib for'cooperating with said rib for firmly and securely holding the fabric therebetween when said arms are rotated into operative position, said leaf spring ihaving bearing surfaces for cooperating with said 0am lugs to lock said arms in operative position,

3. A clip -fastener for attachment to the fabric of an article of clothing, comprising a .frame having a pairof wings thereon, an integral ear on each :of said wings bent towards each other to form a support, a pair of arms, having .cam lugs, rotatably carried by said wings,

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